Maisie Adam

Maisie Adam

Maisie Adam was winner of So You Think You're Funny? new act competition at the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe and was then nominated for best newcomer at the 2018 Edinburgh Comedy Awards.

Her first TV appearance on ITV2's The Stand-Up Sketch Show in February 2019, and since then she has appeared on plenty of panel shows, including 8 Out of 10 Cats, Mock the Week, QI, Have I Got News for You, and Would I Lie To You?

She also narrated the ITV2 reality show, The Cabins and played punk rocker Siouxsie Sioux in a 2018 episode of Sky’s  Urban Myths, The Sex Pistols Vs. Bill Grundy.

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Who's in Taskmaster Series 20

New line-up revealed

The constants for series 20 of Taskmaster have been announced,

They are stand-ups Ania Magliano, Maisie Adam and Phil Ellis, plus Inside No 9’s Reece Shearsmith and Goodness Gracious Me Sanjeev Bhaskar.

The news comes as series 19 completed its run  tonight - although a transmission date for the next run as not yet been announced.

Shearsmith follows Steve Pemberton into the Taskmaster house, with his Inside No 9 colleague appearing in season 17.

Elsewhere, this summer Taskmaster has partnered with English Heritage to offer tasks at locations such as Stonehenge, Whitby Abbey and Dover Castle. For further information on the initiative, running from July 19 to August 31, visit www.english-heritage.org.uk/whats-on

Plus 100 UK secondary schools will get to have a go at Taskmaster Club for free as part of a tie-up with the Intellectual Property Office.

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Published: 3 Jul 2025

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